Word: units
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...role reversal tantamount to that of Rupaul, the Crimson defense has replaced the offense as the more reliable unit. The Harvard "D" has allowed an average of 15 points per game over the past two games--a dramatic improvement from the 23 points it averaged over the first five games of the season...
Barring spectacular, breath-taking plays, special teams often go unheralded despite their huge impact on a game and a team. And when a team is 1-6, it is even easier to look past a solid unit...
While not using the words cover-up or conspiracy, the 183-page report argues that about a month before Barings collapsed under debts totaling $1.24 billion, both Peter Norris, former chief executive officer of Barings Investment Bank, and James Bax, former managing director of Barings' Singapore unit, deliberately hindered investigations into irregularities in Leeson's accounts. Bax and Norris deny the charges. But, the report concludes, "we are unable to accept their denials...
...Keep a very close eye on the Crimson power play--last year's unit didn't come close to the eye-popping numbers of the 1993-94 team, and Harvard now cries out for a quarterback to spark the group. With no first-team All-Americans to provide some spunk to the shorthanded unit, the special teams certainly are a big question mark...
...latest truce appeared to be holding at week's end. There was, however, a cruel new twist: makeshift natural-gas lines, flowing with the volatile fuel for the first time in months, caused at least two serious explosions in Sarajevo, where Kosevo Hospital set up a special burn unit to handle an expected rise in burn victims...